E-resource Trials

BMJ Case Reports trial

BMJ Case Reports logoTry BMJ Case Reports, which “publishes cases in all disciplines so that healthcare professionals, researchers, and others can easily find clinically important information on common and rare conditions. All articles are peer reviewed and copy edited before publication.”

The trial runs until March 31, 2012.  Please send your feedback to Christa Modschiedler, Biomedical Bibliographer.

 

Natural Standard trial

Natural Standard logoTry Natural Standard, an online resource that provides evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies, diets, exercise and nutrition.  Send your feedback to Christa Modschiedler, Biomedical Bibliographer.

Natural Standard is an international research collaboration that aggregates and synthesizes complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) data.  It provides evidence-based, peer-reviewed, decision-support tools and assigns grades that reflect the level of available scientific data for or against the use of each therapy for a specific medical condition.

The trial runs until March 11, 2012.

 

Text yourself titles and call numbers from Lens

Texting from Lens
You can now send title and call number information directly to your mobile phone from Lens and take it with you into the stacks. Here’s how:

  1. Use Lens to search for titles in the collection.
  2. Click on a title to display the full record.
  3. On the right side of the screen, click on “Send as text message”.
  4. If there are multiple copies at different locations, select the one you want to send.
  5. Enter the phone number (no spaces or punctuation) and select the phone’s service provider to send a SMS (Short Message Service) text message containing the call number, title, and location.

This new feature of Lens was developed by Library staff based on feedback from our users.

 

World Scientific e-book trial

Try World Scientific e-books and send us your feedback.

http://ebooks.worldscinet.com/trial.shtml

World Scientific is a publisher of scientific books and journals in various fields including chemistry, computer science, environmental science, history of science, life sciences, materials science, medicine and health, nanotechnology and nanoscience and physics.  The trial runs through the end of July 2011.

Please send feedback using our Ask A Librarian online form at: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/crerar/using/reference/.

 

Try Articles Plus

The University of Chicago Library is launching a trial of Articles Plus, a research tool that allows simultaneous searching of a broad range of articles, books, and other collections.

The Library is evaluating this product for purchase, and we will be conducting the trial through fall quarter.

What does the Articles Plus search cover?

  • Hundreds of the Library’s article databases, including Academic Search Premier, JSTOR, Science Direct, and more
  • Over 40,000 journals and periodicals
  • The University of Chicago library catalog
  • Digitized collections of documents and images from many organizations

What are some suggested uses for Articles Plus?

  • As a starting point for finding articles on a topic
  • For literature searches in interdisciplinary fields
  • For conducting research outside of your field of expertise

Try out Article Plus and see if it is helpful for your research.  We welcome your feedback on this new resource.

To learn more about Articles Plus, including details of its coverage, visit our information page.

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